I shall now quote thee on some choice words from the website AddedBytes whom have written a fantastic blog entry titled "If PHP were British"

How many of today's British programmers have been put off at the outset by the brazen informality of this simple yet obscenely Americanised program, colloquially referred to as "Hello World"? A more Imperial, formal introduction might encourage a greater proportion of young British talent to remain with the language and thus give the broader community a more urbane air.

I strongly suggest taking a read.. it is quite enlightening how much better things would be if they were British!